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What’s Christie’s reward for trumpeting Trump?

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump beams as he stands with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as the governor endorses the billionaire in his bid to be president. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Four days out from the Super Tuesday presidential primary elections, Republican front-runner Donald Trump looks to lock in his advantage with an endorsement from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Matt Katz, WNYC reporter and author of “American Governor: Chris Christie’s Bridge to Redemption,” joined Newsworks Tonight to help make sense of the bombshell.

Does it mean a possible Trump/Christie ticket?

Not according to Katz. He said a vice president nomination is slightly out of Christie’s reach. But the former presidential candidate definitely has his eyes on a seat in the administration if Trump were elected.

“He did Trump a favor, and I can see a President Trump offering Chris Christie, who used to be a federal prosecutor, the job of attorney general,” said Katz.